Biology

Physiology

Togepi are small, light yellow Pokémon with a round body still encased in its eggshell. Togepi do not shed their shell. The Egg has red and blue rings on it, suggesting that its real body has the same pattern. Togepi have stubby hands and round feet with two toes each. Togepi have black eyes and five spikes on its head that somewhat seem to form a crown. They also have semi-ovular, brown pads on the soles of its feet.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Togepi are able to release poison from the spikes on their head. They can retract into its shell, which is usually used for sleeping. They are able to siphon the positive energy of others, then release it to those in need of it.

Behavior

Togepi generally act childish and may be oblivious to danger, therefore extra care should be taken to keep them safe. They also have a very joyful nature. As a result, it is said that they share their joy with those who take care of them and protect them from harm.

Togepi, the Spike Ball Pokémon. Togepi is filled with an energy that makes people happy. When treated well, Togepi shares this energy with others, but when it comes near a human with an impure heart this energy quickly disappears, leaving Togepi exhausted.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Gold receives an Egg from Jasmine's Togetic, which eventually hatched into a Togepi. However, unlike regular Togepi, this one is quite violent, defeating a wild Gligar, who wanted to eat his Egg, just after he was born. Also, the Togepi, named Togebo, picked up on some of Gold's gambling habits as an Egg. In spite of being a baby Pokémon, he was also surprisingly powerful, being able to defeat both the Tyranitar that Lance lent to Silver and later the rampaging Dragonite that apparently belonged to the same Trainer. However, both times, he was injured in the process.

In spite of his strength, Lance points out that Gold never really put much trust in his abilities, and as a result he was unable to evolve until late into the HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter. He then quickly evolves a second time using a Shiny Stone.

Melee trophy information

These adorable Spike Ball Pokémon hatch from eggs given out by Professor Elm's assistant. Common superstition holds that their shells are chock-full of happiness and that they become good-luck charms when handled with kindness. It's impossible to predict which ability a Togepi will call upon when it uses its Metronome move, so you'd better be ready!

The Melee trophy incorrectly states that Togepi's first appearance was in Pokémon Gold and Silver. Togepi's first appearance was actually in Hey You, Pikachu!.

Brawl trophy information

"A Spike Ball Pokémon. It's said that its shell is filled with joy, and a proverb asserts that if you can get a sleeping Togepi to stand up, you will gain happiness. Togepi can lower its opponent's attack power using Charm. Once it has become friends with its Trainer, Togepi evolves into Togetic."

Trivia

Togepi is the second Generation II Pokémon (after Ho-Oh) to appear in the Kanto series of the anime.

Its Southern Islands card's Pokédex entry states that it can secrete poison from its spikes. Despite this, it can't learn any Poison-type moves by level-up, and the only one it can learn is Toxic, which must be taught via TM, and every Pokémon that can learn moves via TM can learn Toxic.

In Pokémon Rumble Blast, when Togepi is attacking, it makes a different cry than its usual one that is heard.

When it faints, however, the normal fainting cry it makes in the other games is heard.

Origin

Togepi appears to be based on the concept of a baby hatchling of any of a number of species of animals. It could also possibly be based on an egg, with its evolutions based loosely on birds.

Name origin

Togepi and Togepy may be a combination of 刺 toge (spike) and ピヨピヨ piyopiyo (onomatopoeia for a bird chirping). It may also be a corruption of Dokkaebi, usually pronounced tokebi in Japanese, which is a mythical being of Korean folklore.